Niphon

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Niphon is the name of:

Patriarch Nephon I of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch in 1310–1314
Patriarch Niphon of Alexandria, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria in 1366–1385
Niphon Kausokalybites (1316–1411), Saint and hermit
Patriarch Nephon II of Constantinople (Saint Niphon), Ecumenical Patriarch in 1486–1488, 1497–1498 and 1502
Niphon Phanporm, a Thai footballer

can refer to:

Japan (Nippon, Nihon) or the main island Honshū
USS Niphon (1863), a steam ship of Union Navy in the American Civil War

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